This is the final form of everyone believing they can circumvent interpersonal discomfort with lazy buzzwords like "punching down."
Inevitably, like any other complex moral abstraction, it becomes colonized and weaponized, spewed back as bland therapy speak to exert control.
And honestly, the Belfast incident should be declared a national emergency. We’ve seen acts of domestic terrorism, people have been displaced and homes destroyed. We need to address and acknowledge the severity of what is happening or we normalise it.